September 30, 1916 



HOETICULTUEE 



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LANCASTER COUNTY FLORISTS' 

 ASSOCIATION 



Under the leadership o£ Albert M. 

 Herr a trip was made to the estab- 

 lishment of Richard Vincent, Jr., of 

 White Marsh, JId., via. automobile. 

 There were thirteen machines and 

 sixty-three people in them. 



The distance, 66 miles, was made 

 in a little over three hours and at 

 Perry Hall we were met by Mr. Vin- 

 cent and one of the boys who piloted 

 us to their establishment via the 

 shortest and best route, and there we 

 found a lunch that satisfied to the 

 full the appetite created by our long 

 run on a cool morning. 



Mrs. Vincent was voted a charming 

 hostess by all the ladies present and 

 Mr. Vincent given a vote of thanks, 

 three cheers and a tiger by every one. 



Mr. Vincent then led the party to 

 the Dahlia fields and we were shown 

 not only the largest acreage (close to 

 a hundred) we ever saw but also the 

 largest collection I presume in the 

 world. A seedling of their own — Chas. 

 L. Seybold — has in addition to its 

 merits as a bloom the added feature 

 of being the earliest and the freest of 

 their 300 or more varieties. Another 

 special is called Jack's Discovery. 

 One of the cultural pointers brought 

 out by Mr. Vincent specially was that 

 late planting was in most cases better 

 than early planting. They do their 

 planting by machine and three men 

 and one machine can plant 25,000 

 per day. Cannas come next to Dahlias 

 in quantity and variety and the canna 

 lovers of the party had quite a feast 

 in examining the many varieties 

 grown. 



In the greenhouses the geranium 

 stock was a great attraction and the 

 300 or more varieties were closely in- 

 spected by critical men. In addition 

 a general line of bedding stock inter- 

 ested the retail men and the healthy 

 condition of everything was comment- 

 ed upon. We found two new 100- 

 horse-power boilers being installed 

 and a complete pumping plant that in 

 addition to pumping water manufac- 

 ures the electricity for the place. 

 Their box making for shipping out 

 stock is a little industry of its own. 



Pompon chrysanthemums promise 



Coming Exhibitions 



Oct. 7-8, Boston. — October Fruit and 

 Vegetable Exhibition, Massachusetts 

 Horticultural Society, Horticultural 

 Hall. 



Oct. 10-12, New Orleans, La. — 

 Eighteenth Annual Convention Amer- 

 ican Association of Parli Superin- 

 tendents. 



Oct. 26-27, Madison, N. J.— Twen- 

 tieth Annual Flower Show. Morris 

 County Gardeners' and Florists' So- 

 ciety. James Assembly Hall. 



Oct. 27-29, Mount Kisco, N. Y.— ■ 

 Fall show of the Northern Westches- 

 ter County Hort. and Agri. Soc. 



Oct. 31-Nov. 1, Greenwich, Conn. — 

 Fall Flower, Fruit and Vegetable 

 Show of the Westchester and Pair- 

 field Horticultural Society. 



Nov. 1-5, Boston. — Grand Autumn 

 Exhibition of Plants, Flowers, Fruits 

 and Vegetables, Massachusetts Hor- 

 ticultural Society, Horticultural Hall. 



Not. 1 to 3, Tarrytown, N. T. — 



Chrysanthemum show of the Tarry- 

 town Hort. Soc. in Music Hall. 



Not. 8, Philadelpliia. — Chrysanthe- 

 mum Society of America in con- 

 junction with Pennsylvania Horti- 

 cultural Society. 



Not. 8-10, New Torlj. — Annual 

 Chrysanthemum show of the Ameri- 

 can Institute. Engineering Society 

 BIdg., 25-33 W. 39th St., New York. 



Nov. 9-10, Bloomington, 111.— Fall 

 Flower Festival, Illinois State 

 Florists' Association. 



Nov. 9-11, Lancaster, Pa. — Fall 

 flower show. 



Not. 9-12, New York— Fall exhibit 

 Horticultural Society of New Yorlc 

 at Museum of Natural History. 



Nov. 11-19, New Orleans, La. — 

 Flower show. 



Not. 14-15, Providence, R. L — 

 Flower show of E. I. Hort. Soc. 



a big crop of flowers and plants, Mr. 

 Vincent kindly offered to supply us 

 with a display of these flowers for our 

 show Nov. 9th, 10th and 11th., and if 

 there was anything left undone to- 

 ward our entertainment and comfort 

 the writer failed to see or hear of it. 

 The run home was made with a 

 stop at Quarryville for supper and 

 Lancaster reached about 7 P. M. by a 

 tired but well pleased party, without 

 even a bursted tire to mar the pleas- 

 ure of the trip. Albert M. Herb. 



CHRYSANTHEMUM SOCIETY OF 



AMERICA EXAMINING 



COMMITTEES. 



President Wm. Kleinheinz an- 

 nounces the' committees to examine 

 new chrysanthemums for the ensuing 

 year as follows: 



Boston — Wm. Nicholson (chairman), 

 James Wheeler, Alex Jlontgomery. 

 Ship flowers to chairman, care of W. 

 J. Thurston, manager Boston Flower 

 Exchange, 1 Winthrop square and Otis 

 street, Boston, Mass. 



New York — Eugene Dailledouze 

 (chairman), Wm. H. Duckham, A. 

 Herrington. Ship flowers to New York 

 Cut Flower Co., 65 Twenty-second 

 street, New York, care of chairman. 



Philadelphia— A. B. Cartledge (chair- 

 man), John Westcott, S. S. Pennock, 

 Ship flowers to A. B. Cartledge, 1514 

 Chestnut street, Philadelphia, Pa. 

 , Cincinnati — R. Witterstaetter (chair- 

 man). James Allen, Henry Schwarz. 

 Ship flowers to chairman, Jabez Elliott 

 Flower Market, care of janitor. 



Chicago— N. J. Wietor (chairman), 

 George Asm us, Thomas W. Head. Ship 

 flowers to chairman, 162 North Wa- 

 bash Ave., Chicago. 



Shipments should be made to arrive 

 by 2 P. AI. on examination days to re- 

 ceive attention from the committee. 

 Must be prepaid to destination and an 

 entry fee of $2.00 should be forwarded 

 to the secretary not later than Tues- 

 day of the week they are to be exam- 

 ined, or it may accompany the blooms. 



Seedlings and sports are both eligi- 

 ble to be shown before these commit- 

 tees, provided the raiser has given 

 them two years' trial to determine 

 their true character. Special atten- 

 tion is called to the rule that sports 

 to receive a certificate must pass at 

 least three of the five committees. 



The committees will be in session to 

 examine such exhibits as may be sub- 

 mitted on each Saturday during Octo- 

 ber and November, the dates of which 

 will be October 7, 14, 21, 28 and No- 

 vember 4, 11, 18, 25. 



Charles W. Johnson, Secy. 



21-34 West 110th St., Chicago, 111. 



